The Stone Roses - Blood on the Turntables:

“‘November the 23rd, 1989, and possibly the most influential British guitar band of the last twenty years were making their debut on Top of the Pops. The group were Manchester’s the Stone Roses. Having just released one of the most acclaimed debut albums of all time, they had the world at their feet. But then it all went horribly wrong. Within a few short years, the Stone Roses had split.’

Sensational Stone Roses BBC documentary Blood on the Turntables in one two three four five six parts.”

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Sorted:

“Celebrating Tony Wilson (realplayer - realplayer alternative here). BBC Radio One’s weekly 2hr Essential Mix, this week featuring show host Pete Tong and Hacienda legend Mike Pickering. It’ll be up for a week from today - tracklisting here.”

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LONDON - Tony Wilson, a music impresario credited with guiding a crop of bands from industrial England to the international stage, died Friday. He was 57.

Wilson promoted a host of influential musicians from his native city of Manchester in northern England, including Joy Division, New Order and the Happy Mondays.

He died from complications of kidney cancer, the city’s Christie Hospital said.

Wilson’s influence on the city, and on British music, is documented in the 2002 movie “24 Hour Party People,” which charts the rise — and eventual fall — of Wilson’s empire, which included Factory Records and the Hacienda nightclub.

Manchester-born and Cambridge-educated, Wilson’s record label and nightclub were credited with making the city Britain’s most vibrant music center through the 1980s and 1990s, spawning bands including the Smiths, the Stone Roses and Oasis.

Though Factory Records and the Hacienda closed down in the 1990s, Wilson remained a passionate advocate for his city, presenting a radio show for the local British Broadcasting Corp. station.

“He was a true free spirit and a passionate advocate for Manchester — the city, its people and, of course, its music,” the BBC said in a statement.

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I’m writing to tell you about a new BBC documentary series that features a section about the Pixies and interviews with Charles Thompson and Kim Deal.

I’m a TV producer/director on the BBC’s landmark ‘Seven Ages of Rock’ music documentary series. The film I made about American Alternative Rock is being broadcast on Saturday 23rd June and looks at the contrasting fates of Nirvana and REM and the music and influence of the Pixies. The film also includes interviews with Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic from Nirvana, Michael Stipe and Mike Mills from R.E.M., Henry Rollins from Black Flag and producers Scott Litt, Jack Endino and Butch Vig.

The Pixies section features Charles Thompson explaining the ‘quiet/loud’ sound through the song ‘Gouge Away’ and Kim Deal talking about the simplicity of her bass playing and her contribution to ‘Where Is My Mind?’

You might also be interested to know that Dave Grohl from Nirvana talks very candidly in the programme about just how big an influence the Pixies had on the song ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’!

I’d be grateful if you could mention the programme on your website so Pixies fans in the UK can tune in! The programme will also be shown later this summer in America on VH1.

The Seven Ages of Rock – Programme 6

‘Left of the Dial: American Alternative Rock’

BBC 2, Saturday 23rd June, 9.30pm

BBC 1, Sunday 24th June, 11.00pm

The series website also includes two short films about the Pixies featuring material that didn’t make it into the TV series, including Charles and Kim on ‘Here Comes Your Man.’

Visit: bbc.co.uk/sevenages
Best wishes,
Robert Murphy

KALA will be released on XL Recordings in Japan on August 8th and in the UK on August 20th. Interscope Records will release the full length record in the US on August 21st. The track listing will be as follows:

1. Bamboo Banga
2. BirdFlu
3. Boyz
4. Jimmy
5. Hussel (featuring Afrikan Boy)
6. Mango Pickle Down River (with The Wilcannia Mob)
7. 20 Dollar
8. World Town
9. The Turn
10. XR2
11. Paper Planes
12. Come Around (featuring Timbaland)

You can view the first official single’s video, “Boyz,” filmed recently in Jamaica, here.

iTunes 7.1.1 cracked:

“Cory Doctorow:
The current (?) version of iTunes, 7.1.1 has been cracked by the QTFairUse6 project. Now is the time to uncripple your purchased iTunes tracks (especially those brutally expensive, hard-to-rip audiobooks) before Apple spends more engineering dollars to punish you for wanting to ‘think different,’ ’switch’ and otherwise enjoy the stuff you bought from them.

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